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You can use any pot. The advantage to a Dutch oven is that it is a heavy, thick bottom, thick walled pot, so it cooks more evenly, and is harder for it to scortch on the bottom, with another pot you have to be more careful about stirring the bottom, so it doesn't stick. A Dutch Oven can also usually be started on top of the stove and then go in the oven.

Thanks for this info. I might look for one sometime, now that I know this.

Quoting SweetLuci:

You can use any pot. The advantage to a Dutch oven is that it is a heavy, thick bottom, thick walled pot, so it cooks more evenly, and is harder for it to scortch on the bottom, with another pot you have to be more careful about stirring the bottom, so it doesn't stick. A Dutch Oven can also usually be started on top of the stove and then go in the oven.

I have a cast iron Dutch Oven that I use camping too but now that i have a empty nest I am thinking it way to big! I have been seeing smaller oven that are coated enamel but wow they are ususally the chef brands and super high priced... oh well never know when they are going to cut the price cause they are not selling....

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